Blacksmith&#39;s tool set



A. L. LIGON.

BLACKSMITHS TOOL SET.

APPLICATION FILED 0012,1920.

1,41 1,97'0. Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

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BLACKSMITHS TOOL SET. APPLICATION FILED 001. 2, 1920.

1,41 1,970. Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

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ATTORNEYS WITNES%' A. L. LIGON.

BLACKSMITHS TOOL SET.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 2, 1920.

Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

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ARTHUR LEE LIGON, OF PECOS, TEXAS.

BLACKSMITHS TOOL SET.

Specification of Letters Patent. 1 Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

Application filed October 2, 1920. Serial No. 414,203.

more particularly to improvements upon the devices illustrated in my Patents Nos; 1,142,;-

147 datedJune 8, 1915 and covering acorn bination blacksmiths tool set and Patent 1,152,327 dated August 31, 1915 and covering detachable handles for tools.

It is the object of the invention to greatly simplify and improve the construction of the handle and gripping arrangement by whichthe tools are secured thereto against displacement, rendering the devices less complicated, stronger, and more economical to produce, as well as more convenient to use, by reason of the facility with which the tools may be applied or removed from the handles.

Therefore, it is an object of the invention to provide a blacksmiths tool set or detachable handle for tools by which various types of tools, such. as a hammer, or tool for carpenters, and including swedges, hatchets, claw hammers, and the like, may be readily applied and held, thus necessitating but a single handle for numerous tools, while also adapting the device to be made in various sizes in accordance with the work to be p v .steel having a gripping portion 11, the invention will be.

executed.

Qther objects of my come readily apparent to persons skilled in the art, from ai'onsideration of the following description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing one form of handle constructed in accordance with the invention and having the tool ofa set applied thereto, 1

Figure 2 is a plan view .of the handles Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a side elevation partly broken away and in section, of a modified form of handle, b I

Figure 5 is a plan view of the device with the tool removed, the handle being shown closed in full lines and openin dotted lines,

Figure 6 is a fragmentary side elevation showing the free end of one of the hinged handle thereto,

Figure 7 is an elevation of atool equipped to be held by the handles,

Figure 8'is a side elevation ofa ffurther modified form of handle, Figure 9 is a shown in Figure 8,

Figure 10 is a sectional View taken on the line 1010 of Figure 9, r

"Figure 11 is a disassembled perspective view of the parts of the locking device em ployedwith the device shown in Figures 8 and 9,

Figure 12 is a o means-in addition to'those Figure 1-1 is a side elevation "of'a tool to beheld thereby. 1 "Referring to the drawings in detail, in which like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several 1 views, and particularly to Figures 1,2 and 3, the handle includes aspring metal or flBXlblG shank portion 10'of. forged or pressed shank portion being narrower than the gripping portion and offset laterally asindicated at 12. At the opposite end of the shank portionlO and at the corresponding end of a cooperating shank portion 13 are arranged semi-circular'jaws'14 having apertured extremities hinged or pivoted together 'as'in; dicated at 15 so that the shank portion 13 may: swing relative to the shank portion 10. .The freeor rear end of the arm forming the shank portion 13 is offset inwardly as indicated at 16 and is designed to plan viewyofthe device portions and'holdingmeans applied perspective view of a I fragmentary portion of a modified handle enter the hollow portion or opening 17 which extends transversely through the handle 11 and is adapted to be retained in closed position to grip the tool 18 and hold the same firmly in position, through the medium of a sliding ring 19 which is mounted on the handle and limited in its movement as-well as held from displacement in either direction through the medium of opposed raised portions or projections 20 extending from thb ttilp. and bottom faces of the handle 11.

By reference to my prior patents, 1t will be seen that the hinged portion of the handle is held inmpositionby a ring or holdlng means of complicated construction which considerably weakens the shank of the handle, the

handle bei made up in such a way as todetract from t e strength and durability there o t, particularly in hard service, attention bein particularly directed to the neck or smafi part of the handle whichis made up of out steel. In order to render the same more durable under heavy sledging and usage so asto avoid bending and breaking thereof, the spring steel handle above zdeseribed is provided, and 'is more flexible. .It will also yield under hard: sledgmg and senv ipawithout breaking or bending excessively. By reference, to the drawmgsprtwdl be thatthe portionlO and thegrippang portion or handle 11 are relatively rigid, the

. qntien 113 being hinged for movement with I respect thereto 1D: or

er to separate or close thejaws M. -In order to hold the tool 18 whiehris specifically shown in Figure 7, the

' iarwsaare provided with a plurality of anguar faces at the inside, being hexagonal or of it othempelygonal or many sided shape,.as indicate t 211. The tool 18 is provided with thespaced eircumscribing or angular flanges 22 forming shoulders or stops between which is arranged a barrel or bowl-like'intermediate portion 23 also having a plurality of sides corresponding to the formation of the jaws 14, in order to accurately fit and conformthereto between the flanges or shouldens 22, in order that the tool will be positivel held in position and may be turned or new ved to anyposition of singularity. Of course, the tool part 24" may be of any desired form, it being understood that various ,jfOnTlS of tools may beheld in theliandle in vice to ml 'ious kinds of. work.

the manner described, thus adapting the de- By reason of this formpf gripping means, the device can more easily and economically duced inaddition to causing a very gri ping of the tool. It is of course to be undiarstood that the tool and thejawspace maybe oiany desired polygonal cross section, being either square, hexagonal, octagolnal or the like, so that the operator may be enabledto turn the tool at dilferent angles to Silllllthfl work best. Furthermore,by making the tool barrel-shaped intermediately tance from'the slot or opening 17 disposed transversely through the enlarged and thickened portion of the handle, in order that the ring 19 may be moved beyond the free end thereof at the rear end of the handle, so that the hinged shank may be swung to a closed position and held by sliding the ring forwardly in the position shown in Figure 1, as distinguished from the position shown in Figure 2, or moved to the open position shown in Figure 2 in order to apply or re move the tool.

In the form of the invention shown in Figures 4, 5 and 6, the tool is similarly held in position but the shank portion 10 has the opening therein formed with an extension 25, and in order to adapt the deviceto heavy work, where the handle is made heavier and stiff, and Where it would bediflicult to close the shank 13 against the shank 10 in the wardly or laterallyofiset tapered end por tion 28, the pivotal connection beingidesignated at 29. This ofisetiportion isdesigned to enter the extension recess'25 in order that the pivoted shank liinmy he swung towards the shank portion 10 when the section 26is moved on its plvotaftertheprojectingend or hook 28 is engaged over the shoulder or extension 30 produced by the extension recess 25. The section 26 isthen moved into the slot of the handle or gripping portion proper where it is heldby the engagement of a spring pressed bolt 31 within] opening 32 in the closed free end wall of the gripping portion. Thisbolt is mounted in the section 26, which is made hollow exceptfor a web 33 between which and the shank portion of a button 34', there is disposed an expansible helical spring 35 which is mounted on the shank of the bolt at the reducedend thereof so as to'force the operative end ot the bolt into the opening 32. The button is disposed zit-opposite sides of the "section 26 and the'shank operates through slots 36 in order to permit the bolt to be retracted and disengaged from the aperture or opening 32 in order that the device maybe openedj to release or engage the tool and closed in order to'clamp and hold the swme in position. "Of course,thebuttons will ermit thebolts to be retracted by hand while the sectionsof the handle formed *by the shanks are in. alinement with the portion 26 arranged within the opening 17, the slots 36 limiting the movements of the bolt by engagement of the intermediate portion or shank of the operating member or button with the end walls thereof. Thus, it will be Seen that when the bolt is held engaged with the opening, the device will he firmly held in clamping position and it will be apparent that by reason of the sectional formation of one of the shanks, that the section 26 may be more easily closed within the opening or slot 17 of the grip ing portion ll of the handle, thus more firmly gripping the tool and adapting the device to heavier \VOI'lI. By mounting the bolt in the end of the compound lever portion of the handle, a most desirable type of handle for heavy work is provided. Furthermore, it will be noted that the handle 10 is provided with. a recess or depression to receive the projection 28 at the offset end of the section 26 of the compound lever or shank, thus securely holding the parts when in clamping position in addition to facilitating the closing of the shanks and thus the jaws, upon the tool. By this construction, the closing of the handle is greatly facilitated over the means by which this is accomplished in my prior devices or patents as above stated, and particularly No. 1,152,327 in which the holding means is provided in the shank instead of at the gripping end of thehandle as in the present device. By this means, a much more substantial and stronger handle is produced and a more firm grip can be obtained upon the tool with less tension or pressure applied to the compound lever or shank. Therefore, a device possessing simplicity in construction, durability in use and strength, as well as case of operation, is insured In the form of the invention shown in Figures 8, 9, 1.0 and 11, the handle 37 is provided with a gripping portion 38 formed with an opening 39 to cheapen and lighten the structure. It will also be apparent that the gripping and fastening means provided, results in the production of a tool of a fewer number of parts, thus also facilitating manufacture. While tools constructed in accordance with this form are usually larger and heavier, being of that class of tools, they can be easily operated. The device has the shank thereof split longitudinally as shown at 40 toward the jaws 4-1 which are open as shown at fl-2 these jaws, or at least one of them, being suPficiently springy or resilient, in order to cause separation of the jaws, in order that the tool may be placed in position r released. However, in order to move the jaws together in clamping relation, a U- shaped stirrup or yoke a3 is mounted on the shank portion and has pivoted thereto, a clan'iping lever as as shown at d5, said lever having side flanges L6 extending upon opposite sides of the shank and connected by a pin t? which serves as a fulcrum in clamping or releasing the jaws, in order to release the tension on the spring portion or portions of the shank of the handle so that the same will automatically separate, or may be clamped together when the device is in the position shown in Figures 8 and 9. In this position, the handle 44 is engaged by the keeper or ring 48 mounted upon one of the split portions or sides of the handle and adapted to slide thereon so as to hold the lever in engaged position, or to release the same, when the pivots 45 will move opposite the space between the shank portions when the leverage is released, so that the jaws may saparateto receive or release the tool. It is of course to be 'understoodthat the jaws and split portions of the shank will sprin open of their own accord, both, or at least one, being suiiiciently resilient for this purpose, so that when the-tension is released, they will immediately separate, thus greatly facilitating the removal or replacing of the tool. It is of course to be understood that the stirrup and clamping lever may be slid to any desired position along the shank for use in clamping the jaws together or releasing the same and by means of the construction provided, all weak and complicated parts are positively done away with, in addition to the cumbersome sliding ring and complicated structure thereof. The folding clamping lever as shown, adds strength to the ring or resilient portion of the handle formed by the shank, and besides being out of the way, is easy to operate and accessible. Furthermore, any form or type of detachable tool may be held in these demountable handles as desired, thus permitting the use thereof by different mechanics for different work.

In the form shown in Figure 12, the handle and shank are of similar construction but in lieu of the clamping lever and stirrup,

a simple sliding ring 49 is employed, the shank portions being enlarged in thickness toward the jaw ends so that as the ring is moved forwardly, the jaws will be clamped against the tool and will readily spring apart when the ring is moved rearwardly to the position shown in Figure 12, for engaging or releasing the tool. The jaws in each construction are made the same, being provided with squared faces or forming a socket of polygonal or many sided formation to engage and conform to the corresponding cross sectional shape of the intermediate portion of the tool. This form of the device is extremely simple, being composed of only two detachable or separate parts, aside from the tool. The jaws will automatically swing open due to the resiliency of the split shank portion to receive or discharge a tool, While the forcing of the clamping ring toward the clamping jaws will create an inward pressure on the jaws, so that the tool will be firmly clamped or held in place.

In the eonstmotion shown in Figures 13- and 14, thehaindle sections 50 are held to-' gether bolts or the like 51, gripping p01- tionssor fillers 52 of wood being secured in position thereby against the opposed web portions of the shanks at the gripping ends thereof, or at the gripping end of the handle formedthereby. The jaws are made of hexmgonel or other polygonal shape'at the inside, as to grip a hammer ofthe blacksmiths type, or carpenters claw type, hatchet or other form of tool, -'lhejaws aredesigrratelilat l'iiiand the socket thereof at 54, while the tool 5'5is shown provided with spaced circumscribing flanges-or ribs 56 forming stops, andan intermediate recess 57 held by the jaw. This form of devioe orde'mountable handle, is especially adapted for wood and metal Workers! trades in combination.

In view or' the foregoing, it is thought that the operation of the device will be readily nmmvo' cumscribing flanges forming SllOllldBIS and an intermediate poly-sided portion between said shoulders for engagement. with said jaws, said intermediate portion being barrel shaped or enlarged intermediate! and ta 1'- ing toward the ends thereof atsaid shoul are substantially as and for the purposes specified.

ARTHUR LEE moon. 

